D152927
Dimethyl carbonate
ReagentPlus®, 99%
Synonym(s):
Carbonic acid dimethyl ester
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Linear Formula:
(CH3O)2CO
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
90.08
Beilstein:
635821
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21
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vapor density
3.1 (vs air)
Quality Level
vapor pressure
18 mmHg ( 21.1 °C)
product line
ReagentPlus®
Assay
99%
form
liquid
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refractive index
n20/D 1.368 (lit.)
bp
90 °C (lit.)
mp
2-4 °C (lit.)
density
1.069 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
greener alternative category
, Aligned
SMILES string
O=C(OC)OC
InChI
1S/C3H6O3/c1-5-3(4)6-2/h1-2H3
InChI key
IEJIGPNLZYLLBP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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General description
Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is a versatile, non-toxic, biodegradable reagent with tunable chemical reactivity. It serves as a green alternative to dimethyl sulfate or methyl halides and phosgene for methylation and carboxylation reactions. The base-catalyzed reaction between carbon dioxide and methanol to form DMC has been studied. Various thermodynamic parameters of DMC have been reported.
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Application
Dimethyl carbonate may be used to synthesize:
- Methyl phenyl carbonate by transesterification with phenol.
- Diphenyl carbonate by transesterification with methyl phenyl carbonate.
- Methyl carbamates, a raw material for isocyanate synthesis.
- Tetramethoxysilane by reacting with silica at 550-600K.
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ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Signal Word
Danger
Hazard Statements
Precautionary Statements
Hazard Classifications
Flam. Liq. 2
Storage Class Code
3 - Flammable liquids
WGK
WGK 1
Flash Point(F)
60.8 °F - closed cup
Flash Point(C)
16 °C - closed cup
Personal Protective Equipment
dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves
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Bioresource technology, 101(21), 8144-8150 (2010-07-02)
The transesterification of palm oil with dimethyl carbonate (DMC) for preparing biodiesel has been studied in solvent-free system at the catalysis of potassium hydroxide (KOH) as heterogeneous catalyst. Fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) were analyzed by GC with internal standard
Zul Ilham et al.
Bioresource technology, 101(8), 2735-2740 (2009-11-26)
This study reports on a novel two-step process for biodiesel production consisting of hydrolysis of oils in sub-critical water and subsequent supercritical dimethyl carbonate esterification. This process found to occur optimally at the sub-critical water treatment (270 degrees Celsius/27 MPa)
Jana Engeldinger et al.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 14(7), 2183-2191 (2011-11-18)
The simultaneous combination of steady state isotopic transient kinetic analysis (SSITKA) with diffuse reflectance Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) and mass spectrometric (MS) analysis was applied to study the oxidative carbonylation of methanol (MeOH) to dimethyl carbonate (DMC) on a CuY
Milad Abolhasani et al.
Lab on a chip, 12(9), 1611-1618 (2012-03-15)
We present an automated microfluidic (MF) approach for the systematic and rapid investigation of carbon dioxide (CO(2)) mass transfer and solubility in physical solvents. Uniformly sized bubbles of CO(2) with lengths exceeding the width of the microchannel (plugs) were isothermally
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